(1) The children of GPS Kagaziguda School in Hyderabad felt the need to address air pollution coming from nearby pottery businesses. (2) They organized a rally to raise awareness of air pollution issues and spoke to the local potters about using alternative firing methods that produce less smoke. (3) The children planted trees and were able to successfully reduce air pollution in their school area, improving attendance and performance while sharing their success with others.
This document summarizes a tree planting initiative by students at GHS Kulsumpura school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It lists the school and teacher details, then describes how five students participated in planting trees to help control pollution and educate others on the importance of trees. The students were each given responsibility to maintain one planted tree and taught not to litter waste which can harm public health. Photographs show the children explaining tree importance and the plantation they conducted.
The document discusses a school's efforts to improve sanitation and public health in their local community in India. It describes how the school observed issues like trash, traffic congestion, and unhygienic food vendors near the school. They realized they needed to educate students, vendors, and the community about health risks and prevention. The school involved the local government, conducted a student protest, and encouraged vendors to improve hygiene. As a result of collective action, they were able to place trash bins, reduce littering and smoking, and make their community cleaner and healthier. Their small steps showed that individual efforts can contribute to improving public health on a larger scale.
The document summarizes a community awareness activity by children in GPS Ameena Nagar about viral diseases. The children organized a small rally where they made banners with slogans and explained to community members about viral diseases, their causes and effects. They encouraged keeping the area clean to prevent diseases and suggested using clean water. The children then shared their experience with family and friends.
The document discusses a project by students from Bombay Scottish School- Powai to reduce plastic usage by charging a small fee for plastic bags at a local store called "More - Hamesha Extra". While the store was cooperative, another local store called "Haiko" was uncooperative. The students thank their principal and the "DESIGN FOR CHANGE" group for the opportunity to work on this environmental project.
This document summarizes a project called "Live and Let Live" carried out by BAPS Swaminarayan Vidyamandir school during Joy of Giving week to raise awareness about cruelty against animals. The students met with an NGO called VSPCA that works with injured animals. They learned how to properly care for animals and conducted a survey in local areas, educating people about keeping animal areas clean, not letting animals on roads, and dangers of plastic ingestion. The community response was positive as people accepted responsibility and promised better animal care. The students were glad to participate in this important awareness project.
1) Five boys from a children's home took initiative to help homeless and abandoned children by convincing them to join an orphanage to have a better life with shelter, food, clothes and education.
2) Over five days, they searched busy areas and found 14 children working or begging on the streets, and convinced them to join an orphanage.
3) They were able to make a positive difference in the lives of these children by providing them with an opportunity for a better future through education and care at the orphanage.
(1) The children of GPS Kagaziguda School in Hyderabad felt the need to address air pollution coming from nearby pottery businesses. (2) They organized a rally to raise awareness of air pollution issues and spoke to the local potters about using alternative firing methods that produce less smoke. (3) The children planted trees and were able to successfully reduce air pollution in their school area, improving attendance and performance while sharing their success with others.
This document summarizes a tree planting initiative by students at GHS Kulsumpura school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It lists the school and teacher details, then describes how five students participated in planting trees to help control pollution and educate others on the importance of trees. The students were each given responsibility to maintain one planted tree and taught not to litter waste which can harm public health. Photographs show the children explaining tree importance and the plantation they conducted.
The document discusses a school's efforts to improve sanitation and public health in their local community in India. It describes how the school observed issues like trash, traffic congestion, and unhygienic food vendors near the school. They realized they needed to educate students, vendors, and the community about health risks and prevention. The school involved the local government, conducted a student protest, and encouraged vendors to improve hygiene. As a result of collective action, they were able to place trash bins, reduce littering and smoking, and make their community cleaner and healthier. Their small steps showed that individual efforts can contribute to improving public health on a larger scale.
The document summarizes a community awareness activity by children in GPS Ameena Nagar about viral diseases. The children organized a small rally where they made banners with slogans and explained to community members about viral diseases, their causes and effects. They encouraged keeping the area clean to prevent diseases and suggested using clean water. The children then shared their experience with family and friends.
The document discusses a project by students from Bombay Scottish School- Powai to reduce plastic usage by charging a small fee for plastic bags at a local store called "More - Hamesha Extra". While the store was cooperative, another local store called "Haiko" was uncooperative. The students thank their principal and the "DESIGN FOR CHANGE" group for the opportunity to work on this environmental project.
This document summarizes a project called "Live and Let Live" carried out by BAPS Swaminarayan Vidyamandir school during Joy of Giving week to raise awareness about cruelty against animals. The students met with an NGO called VSPCA that works with injured animals. They learned how to properly care for animals and conducted a survey in local areas, educating people about keeping animal areas clean, not letting animals on roads, and dangers of plastic ingestion. The community response was positive as people accepted responsibility and promised better animal care. The students were glad to participate in this important awareness project.
1) Five boys from a children's home took initiative to help homeless and abandoned children by convincing them to join an orphanage to have a better life with shelter, food, clothes and education.
2) Over five days, they searched busy areas and found 14 children working or begging on the streets, and convinced them to join an orphanage.
3) They were able to make a positive difference in the lives of these children by providing them with an opportunity for a better future through education and care at the orphanage.
Through meetings, rallies, role plays, posters, banners and slogans, students aimed to raise awareness among rural parents about the harms of child labor and promote sending children to school instead. The students saw that poverty led parents to believe children working could earn more money than being educated. Villagers participated in the awareness activities, and some parents promised to stop employing their children and send them to school. A committee was formed for ongoing community engagement on the issue.
This document summarizes a "Clean Campus" project conducted by Shri Natesan Vidyasala Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, India from September 27th to October 1st, 2010. The project aimed to initiate positive changes in student attitude and behavior by having them clean and organize the school campus. Through cleaning litter, organizing the bicycle racks, canteen queue and student crowd, the students learned the value of keeping their school neat and taking care of their learning environment. The organizers hope to continue the project to involve all students in maintaining a better campus atmosphere to support learning.
Students at an English school in Jaipur discuss how to address the problem of excessive food waste at social gatherings like weddings. They decide to create posters and perform a street play (nukkad natak) to educate parents and the community on the importance of food and not wasting it. The students meet with their teacher to plan their presentation for parents and practice their street play. They are able to reach over 600 people with their message through the parent meeting and performances of the street play at various locations in the colony. As a result, both parents and the wider community pledge not to wastefully overfill their plates or dispose of leftover food at such events going forward.
The document summarizes a design contest held by children at GPS ANDROON KARWAN school in Asif Nagar - 1 to motivate responsibility for mid-day meals. Five children participated: Anjaneyulu, Ravi kumar, Rani, Sudharshan, and Radha. The children discussed problems with mid-day meals and wasting food. They joined together to discuss the responsibility and advantages of the mid-day meals program and started a new systematic process of serving and eating meals.
The document describes a project by students of Satya Bharti School in Rasina, Haryana to create awareness about seasonal diseases in their community. The students noticed many were absent from school due to illnesses. They created a newspaper called "Bal Akhbar" listing causes and preventions of diseases. It was displayed in the village meeting area and students visited homes to discuss it. They also held a rally and community cleaning activity to educate people on preventing illness. The community became engaged with the issue after seeing the students' newspaper.
The students and teachers at a school formed a group dedicated to improving the environment. They celebrated Raksha Bandhan by planting saplings in the school garden and tying rakhi bracelets to the saplings to show their love and commitment to protecting trees and nature. On the day of the celebration, girls and boys took turns tying rakhis to the plants while learning their scientific names from teachers. The students felt they had formed new bonds with the trees and were inspired to continue finding ways to help the environment.
Fifth grade students at G Ross Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania created a project to address the lack of safe bike paths in their city. They went through a four step process of feeling the problem, imagining solutions, taking action, and sharing their project. The students met with city officials, created a petition and letter of support, and planned a Bike Rodeo community event to raise awareness of the need for designated bike paths. Their goal is to encourage the development of bike paths in a new urban parkway to promote exercise and bike safety for children in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
1. A small school in Siberia wanted to connect with the wider world but felt isolated due to its remote location.
2. The students came up with the idea to partner with a school in Britain to build international friendship and learn English in order to communicate globally.
3. Through initiatives like performing in song contests, writing letters to elderly homes, and online cultural exchanges, the students worked to make connections and help others while gaining confidence in themselves.
The students at School N1 in Birobidzhan, Russia worked to make their new school greener by planting flowers and plants with encouragement from their teachers. They grew window plants that made their classrooms nicer and the students from the 5th A form planted violets as gifts for their mothers.
The participants from Russia organized an anti-drug campaign to warn young people in their small town about the dangers of drug abuse. They prepared a lecture and created posters and leaflets with information obtained from the Red Cross. They presented their campaign in their school, where students listened attentively. They hope to prevent drug addiction among youth and are proud of their work addressing this important issue in their community.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a man demonstrating how to tie a basic square knot. He explains that the square knot is useful for tying two ropes together of similar thickness. The man holds up two ropes and clearly shows how to tie the knot by first passing one rope over and then under the other rope, then repeating the process with the other rope to complete the square knot.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a timelapse of construction of a large apartment building over the course of a year. Workers are seen excavating the site, pouring concrete and erecting steel beams to form the building's structure. Floors are then added one by one until the finished 14 story building is complete at the end of the timelapse.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., including his role as a leader in the American civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1960s. It highlights Dr. King's advocacy for nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, as well as his most famous speeches including the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered at the 1963 March on Washington. The video concludes by noting Dr. King's assassination in 1968 and his legacy as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement.
Through meetings, rallies, role plays, posters, banners and slogans, students aimed to raise awareness among rural parents about the harms of child labor and promote sending children to school instead. The students saw that poverty led parents to believe children working could earn more money than being educated. Villagers participated in the awareness activities, and some parents promised to stop employing their children and send them to school. A committee was formed for ongoing community engagement on the issue.
This document summarizes a "Clean Campus" project conducted by Shri Natesan Vidyasala Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, India from September 27th to October 1st, 2010. The project aimed to initiate positive changes in student attitude and behavior by having them clean and organize the school campus. Through cleaning litter, organizing the bicycle racks, canteen queue and student crowd, the students learned the value of keeping their school neat and taking care of their learning environment. The organizers hope to continue the project to involve all students in maintaining a better campus atmosphere to support learning.
Students at an English school in Jaipur discuss how to address the problem of excessive food waste at social gatherings like weddings. They decide to create posters and perform a street play (nukkad natak) to educate parents and the community on the importance of food and not wasting it. The students meet with their teacher to plan their presentation for parents and practice their street play. They are able to reach over 600 people with their message through the parent meeting and performances of the street play at various locations in the colony. As a result, both parents and the wider community pledge not to wastefully overfill their plates or dispose of leftover food at such events going forward.
The document summarizes a design contest held by children at GPS ANDROON KARWAN school in Asif Nagar - 1 to motivate responsibility for mid-day meals. Five children participated: Anjaneyulu, Ravi kumar, Rani, Sudharshan, and Radha. The children discussed problems with mid-day meals and wasting food. They joined together to discuss the responsibility and advantages of the mid-day meals program and started a new systematic process of serving and eating meals.
The document describes a project by students of Satya Bharti School in Rasina, Haryana to create awareness about seasonal diseases in their community. The students noticed many were absent from school due to illnesses. They created a newspaper called "Bal Akhbar" listing causes and preventions of diseases. It was displayed in the village meeting area and students visited homes to discuss it. They also held a rally and community cleaning activity to educate people on preventing illness. The community became engaged with the issue after seeing the students' newspaper.
The students and teachers at a school formed a group dedicated to improving the environment. They celebrated Raksha Bandhan by planting saplings in the school garden and tying rakhi bracelets to the saplings to show their love and commitment to protecting trees and nature. On the day of the celebration, girls and boys took turns tying rakhis to the plants while learning their scientific names from teachers. The students felt they had formed new bonds with the trees and were inspired to continue finding ways to help the environment.
Fifth grade students at G Ross Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania created a project to address the lack of safe bike paths in their city. They went through a four step process of feeling the problem, imagining solutions, taking action, and sharing their project. The students met with city officials, created a petition and letter of support, and planned a Bike Rodeo community event to raise awareness of the need for designated bike paths. Their goal is to encourage the development of bike paths in a new urban parkway to promote exercise and bike safety for children in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
1. A small school in Siberia wanted to connect with the wider world but felt isolated due to its remote location.
2. The students came up with the idea to partner with a school in Britain to build international friendship and learn English in order to communicate globally.
3. Through initiatives like performing in song contests, writing letters to elderly homes, and online cultural exchanges, the students worked to make connections and help others while gaining confidence in themselves.
The students at School N1 in Birobidzhan, Russia worked to make their new school greener by planting flowers and plants with encouragement from their teachers. They grew window plants that made their classrooms nicer and the students from the 5th A form planted violets as gifts for their mothers.
The participants from Russia organized an anti-drug campaign to warn young people in their small town about the dangers of drug abuse. They prepared a lecture and created posters and leaflets with information obtained from the Red Cross. They presented their campaign in their school, where students listened attentively. They hope to prevent drug addiction among youth and are proud of their work addressing this important issue in their community.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a man demonstrating how to tie a basic square knot. He explains that the square knot is useful for tying two ropes together of similar thickness. The man holds up two ropes and clearly shows how to tie the knot by first passing one rope over and then under the other rope, then repeating the process with the other rope to complete the square knot.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a timelapse of construction of a large apartment building over the course of a year. Workers are seen excavating the site, pouring concrete and erecting steel beams to form the building's structure. Floors are then added one by one until the finished 14 story building is complete at the end of the timelapse.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., including his role as a leader in the American civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1960s. It highlights Dr. King's advocacy for nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, as well as his most famous speeches including the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered at the 1963 March on Washington. The video concludes by noting Dr. King's assassination in 1968 and his legacy as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides a tutorial on how to tie a tie knot. It shows step-by-step instructions with illustrations and descriptions for making a basic four-in-hand knot, considered the easiest and most common tie knot. Viewers learn how to place the tie around the neck, pass the small end through the neck loop from front to back, and then cross and tighten the knot for a proper fit.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides a tutorial on how to make homemade pizza dough. It shows how to mix flour, yeast, salt, olive oil and water together to form the dough. The dough is then kneaded, shaped into balls, and allowed to rise before being topped and baked.
The children of Virinchipuram village took up the issue of cleaning the area around their learning center, Eureka Superkidz Centre, which was located in an unclean area with thorns, bushes and garbage. When their petition to the village panchayat did not receive a proper response, the children, with the help of their teacher, took the initiative to clean the area themselves. The document outlines the objectives of encouraging children's participation in community issues and debates, the issue the children addressed of cleaning around their learning center, and the action they took when the panchayat did not respond by cleaning the area themselves.
Children from AID INDIA Superkidz Centers in Vellore, Cuddaore, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, and Dharmapuri participated in cleaning up waste dumped near their school campus in Vempalli Village, Krishnagiri District. The children cleaned the area around the school, and insisted that people stop dumping waste there. As a result, the local community is now more mindful about not littering near the school.
Children from 66 AID INDIA Eureka Superkidz Centers participated in a Design for Change contest. In the village of Palavathimmanapalli in Krishnagiri District, children created awareness among parents about the importance of saving water by closing taps immediately after use to prevent wastage. As a result of the children's efforts, the villagers gradually started conserving water by following this instruction. The project was facilitated by AID INDIA.
The children of Manjakollai village in Cuddalore District participated in cleaning the local water canal. The canal was a secondary source of water for the village but had become polluted with weeds and plants, limiting its usage. When the village council did not adequately address their petition, the children took matters into their own hands and cleared the weeds and plants from the canal to improve water access for the community.
Children from AID INDIA centers in Krishnagiri District participated in a design contest to solve the problem of lack of electricity at the SHG building in Imadinayakanapalli village. The children petitioned the local panchayat about the issue since it was difficult for them to study at night. A team of 5 children - Nandhini, Lalithkumar, Bavani, Sathish and Kasthuri - worked with AID India representative Nagaraj and volunteer Poolakshmi on a solution to bring electricity to the building.
Children from villages in Vellore, Cuddaore, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, and Dharmapuri districts identified issues their villages faced due to a lack of proper street lighting. They determined which streets needed lights most urgently based on traffic. The children then prepared a petition signed by village members requesting the installation of new street lights, which they submitted to their local village council.